April 04, 2014, 1:27PM

Stimpson says his administration's salaries will total less than those under former Mayor Sam Jones. But a $0 salary for City Attorney Ricardo Woods, a Burr & Forman attorney, has raised some questions. Full story »

August 16, 2013, 11:58AM

The Mobile City Council will vote Tuesday on a variety of agreements viewed as key steps toward getting the area around Brookley Aeroplex ready for operations of a $600 million aircraft assembly plant for Airbus. Full story »

May 06, 2013, 2:00AM

With heavy trucks already causing damage to roads leading to the Airbus manufacturing plant site in Mobile, the Mobile City Council -- along with the county and Mobile Airport Authority -- will be asked to chip in a total of $100,000 for repairs. Full story »

March 28, 2013, 7:37PM

Mobile city officials on Tuesday defended the tax-funded trip two weeks ago to Hamburg, Germany. Another trip, this one privately sponsored by the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, will take place in late April. Full story »

March 13, 2013, 3:51PM

A group of Mobile public officials will leave this week for a trip to Hamburg, Germany. The group will visit a final assembly line for the A320 jet airliner. A similar assembly plant will be built in Mobile starting with a groundbreaking next month. Full story »

February 26, 2013, 5:08PM

The Mobile City Council voted in favor of spending $175,000 to renovate a building at Brookley Aeroplex that will house the construction team during the $600 million Airbus project. The building, once the 40-month project is completed, could be used as a business incubator. Full story »

February 25, 2013, 4:56PM

The Mobile City Council will be asked tomorrow to vote on a $175,000 expense to renovate a portion of a building that will be utilized by Airbus' construction team while a $600 million final assembly plant is built. The space could eventually be utilized as a business incubator. Full story »

December 14, 2012, 5:53PM

The Mobile City Council and the Mobile County commissioners will vote on economic incentives to lure Labinal Engineering Inc., a subsidiary of Safran Engineering Services, to Brookley Aeroplex. Full story »

July 12, 2012, 1:03PM

MOBILE, Alabama -- In years past, Mobile officials had to make cold calls as they circulated around airshows in an effort to court aerospace manufacturers. This week, though, as some of the same officials worked the rooms at the Farnborough International Air Show, they didn't have that problem. Full story »

February 23, 2012, 2:15PM

Alabama Citizens for the Environment, or ACEPAC, filed only an annual report in January, rather than monthly reports that new ethics rules require PACS to make if they are actively raising money to influence elections. Full story »

January 18, 2012, 6:58AM

There is no legal record of formal adoption of any of the rules in the Review Board’s “Design Review Guidelines,” the handbook used to decide what can and cannot be done to homes and other structures in the city’s seven historic districts. Full story »

August 16, 2011, 9:17AM

The Mobile Area Water and Sewer System’s ongoing feud with the city over permitting has taken an interesting turn as the utility now says that, under its reading of the law, it doesn’t technically have to ask the city’s permission at all to work in the city’s streets. Full story »

April 27, 2011, 7:30AM

The Mobile City Council on Tuesday denied a request by the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System to move forward with two Midtown projects, one of which the utility says is needed to prevent sewage from backing up into people’s homes. Full story »